Champagne Extra Brut Bulles de Comptoir 12 Caché dans l'evidance - Charles Dufour

Champagne Extra Brut Bulles de Comptoir 12 Caché dans l'evidance - Charles Dufour

The Champagne Extra Brut Bulles de Comptoir 12 Caché dans l'evidance by Charles Dufour is a Champagne from the Cote de Bars obtained from a blend of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc. The majority of the blend (80%) is made with the 2021 vintage, (year in which Dufour lost 80% of the production due to the combined effect of frost, downy mildew and botrytis), the rest 20% with 2010 reserve -2020 and reserve 1982-2009. Fermentation occurs spontaneously with indigenous yeasts. The refinement in Burgundian pièce and large barrel continues. No clarification or filtration before bottling. Approximately 12000 bottles produced.

Service

It is recommended to serve it at a temperature of 8/10° in tulip glasses. Wine to drink immediately but will express its best in a few years. It is advisable to keep it in a horizontal position in a cool, damp and dark cellar.

Pairings

Try it with delicate fish dishes from appetizers to main courses, try also with spaghetti with clams.

The cellar: Charles Dufour

Charles Dufour is a young winemaker and winemaker who cultivates 6 certified organic hectares in Landreville, in the Côtes des Bars region of the Aube department. Coming from a family immersed in the wine tradition of this off the beaten path of a Champagne region, some of the vineyards were planted by his grandfather and are quite old. Charles prefers to work with natural yeasts for the fermentations of his wines and the wines are free of added sulfur. Charles was interested in using the Pinot Blanc in his cuvées, with this vine that is found significantly in its Bulles de Comptoir bottling. Recently it has bottled a single varietal Pinot Blanc from a single vineyard, Le Champs du Clos. The dosage is extremely low, sometimes only 2 g / liter. Liqueur de tirage is a blend of wine and cane sugar and the yeasts used in secondary fermentation come from its own vineyards. None of his wines has ever been fined or filtered.